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A charged, isolated capacitor gets a dielectric of K = 5 between its plates. Its voltage?
ARises five times
BStays unchanged
CFalls to one fifth
DDrops to zero
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Falls to one fifth
Charge stays fixed while C becomes 5C, so V = Q/C drops to one fifth.
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